Abbreviation Key
(Numbers after these abbreviations usually refer to paragraph or article not page)
| AGD | Decree on Missionary Activity (Ad Gentes Divinitum) of Vatican II |
| AH | Adversus Haereses (Against Heresies) by Irenaeus |
| CCC | The Catechism of the Catholic Church (numbers refer to paragraph unless noted otherwise) |
| CDF | Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Roman Curia) |
| CF | The Christian Faith, edited by Neuner and Dupuis (numbers refer to paragraph, not page) |
| CIC | 1983 Code of Canon Law (Corpus Iuris Canonici) for the Latin Church (canon, not page nos) |
| DASp | Pius XII, 1943 Encyclical Letter Divino Afflante Spiritu |
| DF | Dogmatic Constitution Dei Filius of the First Vatican Council (1870) |
| DH | Declaration on Religious Freedom (Dignitatis Humanae) of the Second Vatican Council |
| DonV | CDF Donum Veritatis (Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian) |
| DV | Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Dei Verbum) of Vatican II |
| e.g. | for example (from the Latin phrase "exempli gratia") |
| FC | John Paul II's Apostolic Exhortation on the Christian Family in the Modern World (Familiaris Consortio) |
| GS | Vatican II's Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes) |
| HS | Holy Spirit |
| LXX | Septuagint (Greek) translation of the Old Testament |
| ME | CDF Declaration Mysterium Ecclesiae (11 May 1973) or "Declaration in Defense of the Catholic Doctrine on the Church Against Certain Errors of the Present Day" |
| NAB | New American Bible Translation |
| NT | New Testament |
| OT | Old Testament |
| PD | Leo XIII, 1893 Encyclical Letter Providentissimus Deus |
| RH | John Paul II, Encyclical on the Redeemer of Man (Redemptor Hominis) |
| RSV | Revised Standard Bible Translation |
| SC | Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium) of Vatican II |
| SP | Pope Benedict's Encyclical Letter Spiritus Paraclitus |
| SS | Sacred Scripture |
| STh | Summa Theologiae of St. Thomas Aquinas |
| Tdn | Tradition |
| UR | Decree on Ecumenism (Unitatis Redintegratio) of Vatican II |
| WOG | Word of God |
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